Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 223 I have to make money to support the people, please bear with me
"Master is not free, so discuss with Mr. Hua Tuo at the medical hall to allocate for this winter, the winter disaster."

Zhuge Liang stood at the entrance of the main hall, and said with a troubled expression, "Young master came at an inappropriate time, and you have been with the prince for several years, don't you know his temperament? Although it is almost sunset, he will occasionally... Make every effort to be strong once, stay vigil for more governance."

"If the eldest son wants to inspect the people's conditions in various places, I can accompany him."

Zhuge Liang bowed his hands.

This made Cao Ang suddenly feel lost. Is my brother too narrow-minded? Usually, he doesn't manage politics at night, and he doesn't even do anything related to internal affairs and the military, unless he wants to patrol the camp.

Just today, when I came to see him, he went to watch the night, "It's a bit unreasonable."

"Is it still the case that the generals asked for military funds a few months ago? Did it reach my brother's ears?"

"What's the matter!?" Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, "I don't know what the eldest son is talking about. The prince is indeed still busy. The winter disasters have plagued the people all year round, making the people miserable. Jizhou itself has gone through wars, and now the scourge is still there. Now, we cannot let up."

"Collecting materials and logging, planting and plowing the fields, patrolling the camp and exploring the land, which time did the lord not lead the people to do it himself? This matter really cannot be left behind, and outsiders are not allowed to enter the medical hall. It is a secret place, which is equivalent to It's a military secret, and even I can't enter without permission."

"Tsk, then I won't see you for now, I'm going to visit my sister."

With his hands behind his back, Cao Ang took a deep breath and endured it. It's fine if he can't see her. At least he can see that his sister is fine. He will go home sooner or later.

"Of course, this is unstoppable."

Zhuge Liang looked at it with a smile. At this moment, Dian Wei followed him and waited here. Cao Ang entered the middle court uneasy. After the guards reported, Cao Jie came out of the inner court under the protection of dozens of guards and met with Cao Ang. .

"Brother!"

"Jie'er, how are you doing in Jizhou?"

"Excellent, my husband treats me very well, and my sisters are also gentle and kind, and they are easy to get along with."

"Brother came this time, did he come here specially to visit Jie'er?"

"That's right, brother is afraid that you will suffer in Jizhou alone, so I feel relieved seeing that you have gained a lot of weight now."

"That's it," Cao Jie's round face was full of joy, his small and delicate face was lovely, and his bright eyes were full of pride, "My husband dotes on me very much, I would rather starve myself than let Jie'er go hungry."

"Why, brother Bowen is still hungry?"

Cao Ang asked dumbfoundedly, the county lord with [-] households, in terms of harvest, there are few people in the world who are richer than him, let alone he has the entire Jizhou.

He mobilized Jizhou's money at any time. To put it bluntly, even if Xu Zhen spent all the money and didn't give it to the army or the people, he could live a fairy life.

"My husband's family's money is confiscated for the public, so that the people can have enough to eat, and there is no private possession. My husband never asks for money or accepts bribes all his life. He is just and honest. The family members and generals occupy the money and food harvested this autumn. Ling Jieer disagrees. It hurts."

"Since elder brother came to see the festival, why don't we settle this matter and send food to the common people, wouldn't it be better if we prosper in the future?"

"I……"

The corner of Cao Ang's mouth twitched suddenly, didn't I give enough?

Are you his sister or my sister, my own sister.

Why, in the words, they are all blaming me, and they are all loving him. You are only 13 years old, so it is not appropriate to turn your elbow like this?

"Really, towards my husband, I don't care about my elder brother at all. Did I treat you badly when you were young?"

"Women follow husband's guidelines, this is what my mother taught, you must have a way, big brother, why bother to be so stiff, my husband is self-improving, and will never speak to Xu Du, but if he keeps silent in the future, Xu Du will never even think about it Pressing her husband, although Jie'er has been with her husband for less than a month, she also understands that her husband has a strong mind, and if necessary, she will never be bound by the so-called righteousness."

"OK OK!"

Cao Ang immediately raised his hand, turned around and asked Su Wei to bring presents, a box of jewels, a box of brocade silk, and a box of gold, all of which were Cao Ang's own money, and they were sent to his sister for expenses, and they could not be lost in Jizhou Mansion.

"For me!?"

Cao Jie blinked and looked at the three boxes. He was so happy that he almost cheered and pulled Cao Ang's hand. It's a pity that it was a little girl's style. Before she got married, Mrs. Ding asked her to stop doing this .

A girl with curly hair needs to be dignified and skillful, so Cao Jie held back, but his face still couldn't help being full of disappointing smiles.

Since she was a child, she had liked beautiful cloths, glittering poems and gems, and money, and she wasn't worshiping money...but she liked it from the bottom of her heart.

But if not, you don't have to like it at all.

"It's all for you, elder brother must not come empty-handed when he comes to see you," Cao Ang said with a smile.

Cao Jie immediately bowed and bowed with utmost courtesy.

"That's great, it's better to be my brother! I've always been thinking about my little sister."

"That's natural."

Cao Ang calmed down a little, he was still a child at heart and liked gifts.

I knew that, after all, she was still my little sister, and with a little kindness, the previous friendship would naturally be remembered in my heart.

The little girl hasn't changed, she's still just a child after all.

"Brother, I would like to trouble you to exchange all these three boxes of gifts for food. How many stones are there?"

"About ten thousand...why?"

"Send it to my husband, he is in urgent need of food for storage," Cao Jie said with a smile.

Cao Ang: "..."

……

After a stick of incense, Cao Ang came out and asked Su Wei to go back to exchange for grain, and [-] stones were transported to Qinghe, Jizhou.

The fastest one is to be transported from Yecheng, first from Cao Renjun, and the faster one is directly in Yecheng, just move from Cao Renjun to Dianwei Camp.

But he was depressed and didn't want to understand what medicine Xu Zhen gave his sister. Now he is the only one in his mind. All the money given by his natal family has been scattered into food.

Add up a total of [-].

Furthermore, after the opening of trade in the past few months, all the goods in Jizhou can be sold at a good price, and the food that my brother has saved is probably no less than 20 shi.

This is after the opening of the granary to release the grain, and the surplus grain of all the people has been resettled.

In the next year, my brother can save money and distribute gradually, waiting for the autumn harvest, spring plowing and autumn harvest, the fertile fields in Jizhou are more than thousands of miles away, the water quality is good and the soil is fertile, and the crops grown are of course not bad.

Five baht coins circulate in Jizhou, have purchasing power, and can be used to exchange things. Through the development of manpower, five baht coins will be gradually issued for circulation, so that gold and silver will not be needed within a few years.

It can mobilize the interest of the people, follow closely behind, the development of both agriculture and commerce, and prosperity can be achieved quickly.

The money is a sum that circulates back and forth within the territory, and the people use it to make money, and if they make money, they can use it. During this period, the tax payment can make the counties of Jizhou have a normal source of income.

It's really a brilliant idea. In this way, more than 200 million people in Jizhou can be rich and don't worry about food and clothing.

In the coming year, refugees will continue to come in and the people will be encouraged to have children. Within ten years, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people will be added. Such a long-term plan is admirable.

"My lord, are we still waiting?"

The two were sitting in the guest seats in the main hall. After hearing these things, Xun You probably understood that it was useless to see Xu Zhen.

"How about, let's go back first. I'm afraid you don't know what to say when you see Junhou. Letting Jizhou's military equipment share the whole army is a kind of persecution in itself. The prime minister probably doesn't want to force Junhou now."

Cao Ang smiled wryly and said, "I just want some, and after I recuperate next year, I will be ready to go to war with the Yuan brothers at any time."

"We should also stockpile some armaments and expand our army to ensure victory. Youzhou and Bingzhou are still in the hands of the Yuan brothers."

"Your Majesty, I need to tell you something. The fact that the Yuan brothers are at odds is a solid fact. Xu You and other generals have also said that Yuan Xi was not favored but Yuan Shang was favored. Most of Yuan Shao's military and civil servants supported him. Yuan Shang, most of the soldiers and horses are also in his hands, now that Yuan Shang is hoarding in Bingzhou, he should always want to look at Youzhou."

"From my point of view, there will be a fight between the two within a year or two. This is inevitable. Yuan Shanghui thinks that he is a powerful orthodox person, so he should guard the land of Youzhou in order to make achievements and defend it. family business."

"As for Yuan Xi, he won't give up Youzhou easily. We still need to wait for the opportunity before we can move again."

"Naturally, Junhou also understands this point, so he is doing business and reserves, recruiting troops and buying horses is also making preparations, but at the same time, taking advantage of the fact that there will be no wars in the past few years, he will first expand Jizhou. Jizhou itself is the crown of Kyushu. It is easy to Produce and transport grain."

"At this time, how do you speak?"

Xun You wanted to say that this was the Cao family's suppression of Xu Zhen, and everyone in the world could see it clearly. It was almost impossible to make Xu Zhen calm down and act as if nothing had happened.

It's better not to ask for it, so as not to hurt the original strong and very precious friendship.

After hearing this, Cao Ang fell into silence, and said with a light smile, "It's really hard to wait, and it's boring to sit, but it's okay, I'll wait for my brother to come back."

In the evening, Xu Zhen came back in a hurry, with beads of sweat still on his face, and he looked like he had just returned from the suburbs.

It shows that after he finalized the plan in the medical hall, he went to the military camp or other places outside the city, and was led by Zhuge Liang and Yang Xiu all the way, and met Cao Ang in the side hall of the main courtyard.

"Brother."

Cao Ang bowed, with a warm smile on his face.

Xu Zhen nodded and sighed: "Everything is waiting to be done, everything must be done by yourself, except for farming, water conservancy and floods must be prevented, and the work of building embankments must be done in advance, and the public should not be abandoned for personal reasons."

The meaning of abolishing the public for private reasons is that they will not give up their official duties for Cao Ang's arrival, so they didn't come back to meet each other until it was almost late at night.

"So, if Zixiu has something to say, just say it. I have to go back to the court to continue governing, discussing military newspapers, and recruiting troops."

"Brother, I..." Cao Ang twitched a little. He was angry after waiting for a day, and had already thought about what to say, but when he saw Xu Zhen himself, the words were a little hard to say.

After struggling for a moment, I opened my mouth and said, "I want to buy armaments. I want Su Tie Saber and Hand Crossbow, as well as Su Tie Battle Armor."

"no problem,"

Xu Zhen nodded bluntly, "You provide the materials, find enough iron, and we contribute. Within three months, we can cast 30 knives, [-] pairs of armor, [-] iron arrows, and raise [-] stones of food for me." , plus thirty thousand gold."

"what!?"

Cao Ang stood up in shock, "Brother, do you know how much you asked for? I have never seen you ask like this before."

"You can't do it if you don't talk," Xu Zhen said with a serious face, without any sign of joking, "I am the only one who has these armaments."

"Only my Tiangong Academy can make it. The Pu family followed me all the way. They will not betray me, and I can't betray them. If everyone in the world knows this kind of skill, they will have nothing to eat."

"With 30 shi grains and [-] gold, I can make armor and shields for the [-] Black Mountain Army. Do you know what they are using as shields now?"

"Pot bottom, rattan weaving."

Xu Zhen's words, "Otherwise, the 9 people I have streamlined can only be dismissed as civilians, but they were thieves and bandits back then."

"Dismissed as a citizen, how will the 16 people live? When I was surrendered, I promised to resettle them. I can only cut my own flesh to feed. Zixiu will not understand."

The corner of Xu Zhen's mouth curled down, and he put a sentence on the copybook, and his thoughts and emotions were also infected by Cao Ang. He didn't understand the difficulty of resettlement. If they didn't want it, Xu Zhen would spend another two years and continue to streamline to get a powerful team. the elite.

There are at least [-] people. So many people are planning to make meritorious service and settle down. Otherwise, if they are willing to serve the people, they will not gather in the mountains and forests. In troubled times, it is equivalent to changing a way of life. It's the reckless man who has the possibility of making achievements and becoming famous.

"Brother wants to raise 30 yuan."

"I can give you 30 gold, and [-] shi for military rations..."

"Give it to me before the end of the year."

Xu Zhen patted him on the shoulder, leaned closer and whispered, "I'm sorry, Zixiu."

"I originally planned to give it to you, Sutie Armament, and hand it over as soon as I plan to arrange it, so that the whole army can make iron and grow stronger, and the world will be stabilized as soon as possible."

"It's a pity that my soldiers and horses don't have enough to eat. I can only earn money to feed them. The rest of my salary in Jizhou depends on you."

popping.

Xu Zhen patted Cao Ang's shoulders twice, causing the fire in his heart to burn instantly, his face and neck were all red, and he felt that some words were stuck in his chest and he couldn't speak.

Jizhou is full of flowers and there are too many people to support. Xu Zhen will definitely not be poor, but rich.

Even if he fights, he will not be poor in his own soldiers, they are all elite troops, so why should he rely on them?Relying on his own ability.

Cao Ang's heart suddenly became ruthless, and he said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, brother, Zixiu will definitely not disappoint brother's expectations."

"Before the end of the year, I want to see 30 shi of grain."

Xu Zhen has Zhuge Liang to count, so he knows how much food is consumed every day. Last year's war missed this year's spring plowing, and the autumn harvest in the whole prefecture was only 10,000+ shi grains. 30 grains were shipped from the previous three counties, and they had to open warehouses to release grain to stabilize the people , In order for them to live normally, it costs a lot of money every day.

If you beat the old houses of the gentry, you can only have a place to live.

If you want to wait for a bumper harvest next year, you have to have food until next year's spring plowing. If the spring plowing is not effective, how can you have a bumper harvest in autumn?

The crops in the field and God cannot be fooled. If you fool it for a day or two, it will fool you this year.

That is to say, Xu Zhen has never been lazy these days, and advances and retreats with the people, which makes Zhang Yan want to go to other places to rob to relieve Xu Zhen's worries.

In terms of the concept of bandit soldiers, I have never seen such a boss. My life is more tiring than anyone else, but I am happy to do it every day. It seems that I am more active than others. Of course, the people have no reason to blame.

Sometimes there is not enough to eat for a day or two, and no one will say anything against Xu Zhen.

Yuan Shao emptied the whole of Jizhou and left, and all he got back was money, and money can't be eaten.

It happened that at the most difficult time, all the rewards and pensions from Xu Du's side were shining. The news came like snowflakes. Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu reported that Xu Zhen didn't say a word.

Just keep your head down.

The mess in Jizhou, even if you give Xu Zhen 100 intelligence, he can't turn it into 50 million shi of grain and [-] jin of meat.

(End of this chapter)